#VU26354 Input validation error in memcached - CVE-2020-10931
Published: March 24, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU26354
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10931
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
memcached
memcached
Software vendor:
Memcached
Memcached
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when parsing a binary protocol header within the try_read_command_binary() function in memcached.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted request to the memcached server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.